ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,485, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Asahi Kasei K.K. (Tokyo).

"Method and system for reducing volume of raw material liquid" was invented by Ryoichi Takada (Tokyo), Yuki Suga (Tokyo), Takahiro Osaki (Tokyo) and Keitaro Suzumura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing the volume of a raw material liquid, the raw material liquid containing at least a valuable and a first solvent, wherein the raw material liquid further contains an accessory component other than the valuable and the first solvent, or contains a mixed solvent including the first solvent and a second solvent as a solvent, and the method for reduc...